KARACHI / NEW DELHI – Pakistani and Indian political observers do not foresee any immediate easing of heightened hostilities between the two nuclear neighbors despite a recent regime change in Islamabad. The already fraught relations between the two countries further worsened in ugust 2019, when New Delhi stripped the disputed Jammu and ...
BRUSSELS (AA) – The European Union on Friday called for an immediate end to the violence in the occupied West Bank following clashes at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. “Violence needs to stop immediately,” Peter Stano, the lead spokesperson of the EU’s diplomatic service, said in a statement. He expressed deep concern over the surge […...
JERUSALEM (AA) – About 60,000 Palestinians performed the second Friday prayers of Ramadan at Al-Aqsa Mosque in the occupied city of Jerusalem. Sheikh Azzam al-Khatib, director general of the Islamic Endowments Department in Jerusalem, told Anadolu Agency that the number, though big, is still less than the usual number at this time of the Musli...
JERUSALEM (AA) – More than 150 Palestinians were injured at dawn on Friday as the Israeli police stormed the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque. The Palestinian Red Crescent said that 152 Palestinians were injured during clashes with the Israeli police in the courtyards of the mosque. The Palestinians were injured by rubber bullets, tear gas, ...
ISTANBUL – The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has welcomed the announcement of the peaceful transfer of power of the legitimate Yemeni government by President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi to the Presidential Leadership Council. In a press release, the UNSC expressed hope that this would constitute an important step towards stability an...
WASHINGTON – China is working as Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “silent partner” in his war against Ukraine, CIA Director William Burns has said. Burns, speaking in his first public address since assuming the agency’s top role, did not elaborate on China’s support but said Beijing presents the CIA with &...
RAMALLAH, Palestine – The Palestinian government has rejected an Israeli judicial decision to allow a deduction from Palestinian taxes in compensation to Israelis affected by attacks. Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh has termed the Israeli decision as “illegal” and “illegitimate.” “The Israeli court view that accuses the Pale...
MOSCOW (AA) – Russia on Monday suspended visa-free entry for holders of diplomatic passports, members of official delegations, and journalists from “unfriendly countries.” President Vladimir Putin signed the relevant decree on retaliatory visa measures, amending visa agreements with the EU, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, and Denmark...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – The US will provide a Stryker armored vehicle company for a NATO battlegroup in Bulgaria to bolster the military alliance’s defenses amid Russia’s war on Ukraine, the Bulgarian prime minister said on Saturday. “The war started by Vladimir Putin has put all of Europe at risk. No country can afford the […]
WASHINGTON – According to US Democrats, elevated gas prices are the result of the war imposed by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the senior-most Democrat in the House of Representatives, said the party is doing “everything” it can to “minimize the Putin price hike at home.” Earlier, the Bid...
